Re: beginner problem

[SoundsFromSound]

Siena wrote
> Hi all - I just downloaded LilyPond, ran the test which worked fine, and
> now
> I'm trying to follow the tutorial, and ran into a problem right off at the
> command line section.  When I open LilyPond, a command prompt box opens,
> which is I assume where I'm supposed to type the command "lilypond
> test.ly"
> to compile.
> 
> Here's the problem: I can't type in the command prompt box.  No matter
> what
> I do, nothing shows up when I type.  Am I making a really dumb mistake, or
> has something gone wrong with installation?  I'm on Windows 7, if that
> helps, and searching the archives of this list makes me think I should
> maybe
> have something called cygwin installed, and I don't seem to, so maybe
> that's
> the problem, but those messages were also from a long time ago.
> 
> Any ideas would be very appreciated...
> 
> Siena
> 
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Hi Siena,

Welcome to the LilyPond community!

Hmm...sorry you're having a problem with Windows 7 and LP. 

You don't "need" to type into that CMD window at all, you can use LilyPad
(the window/example file that loads on startup). Do you see that? 

You can open a non-LilyPond Windows7 CMD [start menu --> cmd] window and use
LilyPond commands there if you'd like; did you add or change anything in
Environment Variables yet?

We'll make sure you get up and running soon, stick with it! :)

Ben



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